"Pot likker" is a regional term in the southern US, and though it looks wrong, that is the accepted spelling for the cooking liquid of vegetables (most often collard greens). I've never heard it used for the cooking liquid of meat, but...

This isn't right. While some dictionaries are nebulous in their description of which direction the pass is going in, in American football it's very specific:lateral(3) Football (also lateral pass) a pass thrown either sideways or backward from the position of the passer.

If it goes upfield from the passer, it's a forward pass, not a lateral.

Edited by CmdrK (Thu Oct 04 201203:12 PM)

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LOL! I can actually see why your answer was incorrect in a "definitive" way, but even so I had to laugh, after all .. "don't get mad, get even" is rarely a statement regarded as conciliatory. Don't you love the game though? It reflects all the weird nuances of the English language : )

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Agreed Jakeroo, the added problem I have with WW, although I'm addicted to the game, is that the English language I've lived with all my life on this side of The Pond does not include many of the American variations.

yes, I have the same "problem" and I'm much closer to the US than you are. Every day my life is inundated by American spellings of words (not helped at all by the fact that I can't change my "work" default to Canadian English in Microsoft Office without contacting an IT Help(less) person . I plan to start a protest LOL

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The variety is part of the fun, in my opinion! I think the game is fine as is. Remember that slang varies even across a country, so many Americans won't know a lot of the so-called US slang and the same for any country.

Moonraker2,The first step to a common understood language is to speak it to each other and find where the differences are. So, with that in mind and to wile away the hours during the sit in, may I ask what your definition of 'is' is? A lot depends on it. Some of our Rhodes Scholars on this side of the ocean can't seem to agree on that one.

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There was a question on Word Wizard that presented the word "white-out". The correct answer was purported to be "widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads".

I didn't get the question because I was unaware of this definition. However, more to the point, I checked this on the Free Dictionary Online, and it gives that defintion for "white out" without the hyphen, but not for "white-out" with the hyphen. I think this is a notable distinction.

There was a question on Word Wizard that presented the word "white-out". The correct answer was purported to be "widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads".

I didn't get the question because I was unaware of this definition. However, more to the point, I checked this on the Free Dictionary Online, and it gives that defintion for "white out" without the hyphen, but not for "white-out" with the hyphen. I think this is a notable distinction.

I doesn't really matter what information you find in other dictionaries, for this game you have to live with the (often slightly 'off') definitions and spellings used in the dictionary in the game. It is not on the FunTrivia site, so we cannot amend it, and the task of removing by filter everything that someone doesn't agree with would take up far too much of Terry's time to be worthwhile. Once you accept the oddities as part of the quirkiness that gives the game its charm, it's all a lot more fun. And learning the words and definitions here is a big help in Mind Melt!